The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Powdered rice sprinKTed upon lint and
applied to fresh wounds, will stop their
bleeding.
When the burners Of lamps become
clOgged with char, boil them in strong
5Oapsuds.
By using soda water as a wash, you
an clean ceilings that have been black
ned with smoke,
Disease often turks in a dirty dishclOth
greasy sink, an unclean teakettle, OF a
poorly ventilated oven.
y correspondent of New York paper
found Onion roots a foot long and still
going down, though too fine to follow.
Silver should be washed with chamois
saturated with silver soap, each time
after usr, thus avoiding a general clean
ing.
Bent whalebOnes can be Strengthened
and used again, by simply soaking in
water for few hours and then drying
them.
No daiTyman should should keep more
cows than he can feed well no farmer
should Eli more acres than ne can farm
well.
y -carpet-sweeper is invaluable in
dining-TOOm where small children eat,
but should never be used for general
sweeping.
To clean brass bird cages, use a table
spoonful of salt, ard a teacupful of vim
egar; neat, and apply with a piece of
flannel till dry.
Preserving jars should be stood on
their heads for at least an hour after
sealing, when the liquor will escape if
the jar contains air.
Windows should never be washed
while the sun is shining on them, as it is
impossible to polish them without Ieav-
ing blue streaks.
\ tallow candle or a piece Of tallow
wrapped in tissue paper and laid among
furs or other garments, will prevent the
ravages of moths.
Early blooming fruit buds are kept
back by scattering manure OF straw un-
der the trees to prevent the snow from
blowing away.
Silk dresses should never be brushed
with a whisk broom, but should be care
fu;'y rubbed with velvet mitteu kept
for that purpose only.
Farmers should keep constantly a large
flock of chickens. Nothing pays better
for the amount invested. In the first
place, get a good breed, then keep them
good.
To clean kid gloves. rub them with
very slightly dampened bread crumbs.
Or scrape French chalk upon them and
wash while upon the hands with diluted
spirits of ammonia.
If you are troubled with moths in
your feather beds, boil the feathers in
water a short time then put them in
sacks and dry them, working them with
the hands all the time.
Set a mark on the best young poultry
stock, that when the buyer come along,
OF you want a chicken for your dinner,
you will not dispose Of choice breeding
birds.
If your hay is falling short, some one
says to cut the hay and straw together,
add bran and shorts, with a little salt
water to mOis.en the mass, ant the whole
will be eaten.
1t has been proven beyond a question
that the Jersey COW is the butter COW
yes the dairy COW of the world. She has
been bred to that end for years before
leaving her native home.
In vensilating a room, open the win
dOws at top and bottom. The fresh air
rushes i'll one way while the foul air
makes its exit the other thus you let in
a friend and expel an enemy.
Lace may be be washed by winding it
around bottle OF sewing it on muslin
and boiling it in soft water with CASTLE
soap. 1t should be riDsed in soft water
after removing from the suds.
Nothing is better for sore throat than
a gargle of salt and water. 1t may be
used as often as desired. and II little is
swallowed each time it is used, it will
cleanse the throat and also tend to alIay
the irritation.
A damp cloth eRvelOping the broom
head will be found desirable in removing
the dust from a carpet in a room where
there may be many small articles to
catch the dust raised by an ordinary
sweeping.
Salt, in doses Of from one to four tea
spoOnfuis, IN pint of tepid water is an
emetic always at hand. This is also an
antidOte to be used after poisoning from
nitrate of silver, while waiting for the
doctor to come.
If the feet are tender or painful after
long walking or starding, great relief
can be had by bathing them in salt and
water. A handful of salt to a gallon Of
water is about the right proportion. The
water should be as hot as can be borne
comfortably.
Flowers can be preserved in their nat
uIal cOlOrs by dipping them in melted
parafline, Withdrawing them quickly
The paraffiue should be only Just hot
enough to maintain its tluidity, and the
flowers should be dipped one at time
held by the stalks and moved about for |
an instant TO get rid Of the air bubbles. |
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